</s>DOC ID: 6878951 TOPGEEKET UMBRA DATE: 03/26/97 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM PAGE:1 IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY NUMBER : NSA AGENCY INFORMATION RECORD NUMBER: 144-10001-10094 RECORD SERIES : RECORD FILE NUMBER :: AGENCY FILE NUMBERS : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : NGA FROM : FROM: : NCA : TO : : CUBAN AUTHORITIES STATE VIEWS CONCERNING DEATH OF [RJ] 3/0/0)/BLD/T2027-63: TITLE : CUBANA AUTHORITIES STATIE VIEWS CONCERNING DEADTH OF [R] DATE : 12/03/63 PAGES : SUBJECTS ACTIVITY BRAZIL DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITITY CUBA, REACTION TO ASSASSINTATION [R) DOCUMIENT TYPE : REPORT CLASSIFICATION : : T: CLASSIFICATIATION : : T : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/10/93 DATE OPENING CRITERIA : ORIGINALATING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : CONTAINS SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION INFORMATION [R} - ITEM IS RESTRICTED TOPSTA UMBRA Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECORDS CONC. THE ASSASSIMATIONS OF PRES. JFK, SEN. RFK, AND THE REV. DR. MILK, JR.

Summary  
This document is a classified report dated December 3, 1963, detailing Cuban authorities' statements and reactions to President John F. Kennedy's assassination. It references discussions with Cuban officials in Havana and Rio de Janeiro, noting that several Cuban government associates expressed concern over the consequences of Kennedy’s death. Fidel Castro made an unexpected speech accusing U.S. news agencies of attempting to link Cuba and the Soviet Union to the assassination, while asserting that U.S. reactionary elements sought to incite anti-Soviet and anti-Cuban hysteria. The Cuban Foreign Ministry stated that attempts by "reactionary sectors" to implicate Cuba and the USSR in the crime were unsuccessful. No official mourning announcements were made in Cuba.  

Key People  
- Fidel Castro (Cuban leader)  
- Cuban authorities (general reference)  
- U.S. news agencies (implicated in accusations)  

Key Locations  
- Havana, Cuba  
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

Key Events  
- Fidel Castro’s speech accusing U.S. media of linking Cuba and the USSR to Kennedy’s assassination  
- Cuban Foreign Ministry’s statement dismissing attempts to implicate Cuba and the Soviet Union in the crime  
- Lack of official mourning announcements in Cuba following Kennedy’s death  

Key Organizations  
- Cuban Foreign Ministry  
- U.S. news agencies (general reference)

JFK Declassified Files

144-10001-10094.pdf

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